As attribute of the map object, put: UNITS dd
So you could put that below your EXTENT. I think it must default to metres, whereas your projection is in degrees. So it thinks that each degree is only a metre, causing the scale to go wrong. Regards, Jacob > -----Original Message----- > From: UMN MapServer Users List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Net > Sent: 18 January 2006 09:17 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Generated scale > > I'm viewing a satellite map of a large area and my mapserver > generated scale > seems a little wrong. Viewing a whole state (of Australia) mapserver > generates a scale ranging from 0 ---> 0.001km (see > attached). And when I > zoom-in the scale bar goes to 0 ---> 0. Any ideas? I thought > my scale should > be like 1 ---> 1000km. Am I not reading it right? Am I > missing or have I > stuffed up a map file config option / setting? > > My Map file: > > MAP > NAME WEX > IMAGETYPE jpeg > EXTENT 140 -41 150 -33 > SIZE 600 600 > DEBUG ON > TRANSPARENT ON > IMAGECOLOR 239 242 248 # The background Color. > > WEB > LOG "mylog.log" # The Debug Log. > TEMPLATE "template.html" > IMAGEPATH "/var/web/tmp/" > IMAGEURL "/tmp/" > METADATA > wms_title "WEX" > wms_srs "EPSG:4283" > wms_onlineresource > "http://myserver/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=wex.map"; > END > MAXSCALE 50.0 > MINSCALE 0.1 > END > > PROJECTION > "init=epsg:4283" > END > > ... > > SCALEBAR > IMAGECOLOR 0 0 0 > LABEL > COLOR 255 255 255 > SIZE TINY > END > STYLE 1 > SIZE 100 2 > COLOR 255 255 255 > UNITS kilometers > INTERVALS 1 > TRANSPARENT TRUE > STATUS ON > END > > ... > LAYER stuff > ... > END # EOF > > > Thanks in advance! > > _________________________________________________________________ > Start something musical - 15 free ninemsn Music downloads! > http://ninemsn.com.au/share/redir/adTrack.asp?mode=click&clien > tID=667&referral=HotmailTaglineNov&URL=http://www.ninemsn.com. > au/startsomething >
